Skyrocket



E. H. BUCKLEY SK-YROGKET Filed March 10, 1925 WITNESSES. J

Patented Nov. 17,

i To aZZ whom it may mom.-

UNITED S Tes- EDWARD BUO LEY. OFflH-ILADELIHIA. PENNSYLVANIA.

a ication med March o. 1925. "sem No. 14.370.

Be it known th t'I, EDWARD Buckner, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 7 v There is danger of falling sky-rocket ,-sticks .injuring persons '5 or objects they strike, Numerous attempts have been made to overcome this objection, but have failed for various reasons. Some sticks were either "too costly or unreliable 1n functioning, v 7

otherwise inflammable, they should beim I WhileI have described my invention as H e .otherswere both costly and unreliable.

. The objects of my invention are to pro-v .vide a sky-rocket stick which is inexpensive,

which will avoid the above danger by;

separating into small and light pieces which float down or fall lightly through the air,

l and which is reliable in'its function.

These objects, and other-advantageous ends which will-be described'hereinafter, I attain .in the following manner, reference be- 'in'ghad to the. accompanying drawing in which g c Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a sky-rocket having my stick attached thereto illustrating itpartly broken away, and

sky-rocket Figure 2 a picture view illustrating how my stick is made. v g I Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a sky-rocket and 2 the. stick secured to the by wire clamps 3. The stick con-' sists of a readily separable tube tfilled or partly filled with light granular material gus 5. It is 'made by spirally winding a strip 6 as shown in Figure 2.Its lower .end is closed by twisting the, strip as shown at 7. After the tube is charged, its upperend is closed by twisting the free end 8 ofv the f strip as shown at 9. The free end'of the strip and the upper end of the tube 1 are fastened tothe sky-rocket by the wire ,clamps 3 and the'free end is thus prevented from unwinding until the rocket explodes.

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' The greater part of the granular material .5 may be confetti, saw dust or other mat'erial which will float or fall lightly through the'air, but in case any lightmaterialis forced "upward through the air, the stick will guide it to travel in substantially one direction. When the rocket explodes the free end of the strip will be released from between the skythen unwind and allow the granular ma rocket body and thewire clamps. It'will 'terial to; fall and scatter. The strip and granular material will float and fall lightly through the air and will not injure persons orobjects upon which they may fall If the strip and granular material are pregnated with a fire-proof compound.-

stood that the various parts may be changed without departing from the spirit thereof,

and hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I' am at liberty to make such chan'gesand alterations as fairly come withi'nthe' -scope of the appended claims. 7

Having thus described my invention, what taking a particular form, it will be under-- I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is 1'. A rocket tube of light sheet material and containing granular material.

2. A rocket stick and containing granular material.

consisting ofa tubemade by winding a strip of light material spirally,

3. In combination with a rocket, asepa- I rable tube made by winding a strip of light stick consisting of a separable i material'spirally; means for clamping one end of the tube and the strip tothefrocket, 1

and granular material within the tube.

4:. In combination with" a rocket, a sepaL- I I rable tube having its lower end-closed and consisting of a strip of light" material e wound spirally; means for clamping thefup per end of the tube andthe free end ofthe strip" to the rocket, and granular material f 100 f within the tube.

name to this specification.

In testimony whereof I havel-signed-my EDWARD Be ame.- 1 

